I've been on both sides of this issue. It was nice to have copyright protection for the books and articles I wrote, and an automated system might have stopped some of the pirates who stole my content and republished it under their own names. At the same time, I had to constantly worry about copyright and trademark issues when I was writing about new products and so on. Even got threatened with a lawsuit once for selling a game guide that included the name of the game it was about. It isn't clear whether automating all this will make life easier or harder for us content producers. Possibly automating things will lead to more consistent protection and enforcement. Time to start reading the white paper!